Industry News
Medica is on the move!
After 12 years at their present site in Stoddard Road, Mt Roskill, Medica is moving to Albany.
[ + ]Major breakthrough in war against malaria
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) have discovered a new pathway through which malaria is able to infect the body, opening up the possibility of new vaccines to combat the virus. [ + ]
HPP launch tempered by GFC realities
Professor Mark Baker, co-chair of HUPO (Human Proteome Organisation) 2010 committee, has admitted that the Human Proteome Project (HPP) would have been further down the track today if it weren’t for the global financial crisis. [ + ]
EMA says ‘no’ to Avandia
The European medicines agency announced overnight that it has suspended marketing authorisations for the anti-diabetes medicine Avandia (Rosiglitazone) citing research data linking the drug to increased risk of heart attack and stroke [ + ]
Human Proteome Project launches in Sydney
It’s the Next Big Thing in understanding human biology and the natural successor to the Human Genome Project. It’s the Human Proteome Project (HPP), and it was launched this morning by some of the leading figures in proteomics to a room filled with Australian an international delegates attending the HUPO World Congress in Darling Harbour in Sydney. [ + ]
Feature: Mitochondrial mysteries
They are diseases most people haven’t heard of: Kearns-Sayre syndrome; Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy; Leigh syndrome or mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). [ + ]
Ability for introspection linked to brain biology
British scientists believe they have found the biological explanation for why some people are better than others at the important facility of introspection. [ + ]
Australian researchers find blindness genes
Studies of twins conducted at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) has revealed a number of genes that appear to affect eyesight. [ + ]
Heart attack genes discovered
A team of Australian and European Scientists have identified a gene network which appears to be the main culprit in the hardening arteries and heart attacks. [ + ]
UQ innovation licensed to biopharmaceutical company
A new cancer vaccine concept developed by researchers at The University of Queensland's Diamantina Institute has been licensed to US-based developer of RNAi therapeutics, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, through UniQuest - UQ's main research commercialisation company.
[ + ]Feature: Quest for the human proteome
Mapping the human genome, and its 21,000-odd protein-coding genes, was a mammoth undertaking, requiring a 10 year, multi-billion dollar, collaborative effort by teams from across the globe. Yet the Human Genome Project (HGP) was only the beginning. In Sydney in September, at the Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO) Annual World Congress, the next great undertaking in uncovering the foundations of human biology will begin, with the official launch of the Human Proteome Project. [ + ]
Salt-tolerant rice offers hope for global food supply
A team of scientists at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics has successfully used genetic modification to improve the salt tolerance of rice, offering hope for improved rice production around the world.
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